As you consider a coach, ask yourself: • Am I clear on my reasons for taking on a coach? • Am I ready for coaching? • Am I prepared to do my part? In choosing a coach: • Interview several coaches from different organisations. Most will offer a complimentary consultation. • How well did they establish rapport, listen to you, assist you in a new perspective, intensify your hunger for more? • Which one is aligned to your values and…
Every moment we spend in our office is an exchange of a part of our life for the experience of connecting with those people we serve. We invest an irretrievable unit of time with every person we see. There are so many people in our community available to be served so the question must be, is that person you are with, your “Ideal Person”? Is it important for you to have a quality practice? Imagine if every person you saw…
I came across this letter from Albert Einstein to his daughter, Lieserl. This is one of 1,400 letters written by Einstein and donated to the Hebrew University in the late 1980’s. They contained orders not to publish their contents until two decades after his death. “When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world. I ask you…
Every moment we spend in our office is an exchange of a part of our life for the experience of connecting with those people we serve. We invest an irretrievable unit of time with every person we see. There are so many people in our community available to be served so the question must be, is that person you are with, your “Ideal Person”? Is it important for you to have a quality practice? Imagine if every person you saw…
We provide significant change for people in ‘face to face’ consultations. These sessions help uncover ‘blocks’ and ‘stops’ that may interfere with you reaching your potential. What is the process we use to uncover ‘blocks’? We are going to go through the way a Quest Chiropractic Coaching consultation runs. This will help you determine whether Quest Chiropractic Coaching is right for you. What happens at Quest Chiropractic Coaching Consultations? We first will run through an evaluation of your practice. To…
The mark of a sustainable practice is in the ability to continue to function effectively and efficiently by itself, especially when the principle chiropractor is not present. In keeping with the old story that when the cat’s away the mice will play, the real test of a sustainable practice comes when the owner is not there. How the owner delegates authority during normal operations will determine how well things will run in his/her absence. The key distinction that you must…
It would seem that a huge thrust of people is to have balance. Balance in their life, their home, business, practice, team etc. Much time, energy and money is spent trying to bring life into balance and yet all too often this goal is not accomplished. Maybe our perception of balance has a missing component to it. I suggest that the thing that gives balance its form is time. Without the vantage point of looking at events from a bigger…
Information is potential power and it behooves every chiropractor to constantly upgrade his/her knowledge and understanding of the data available. That is why chiropractic books are so important. Getting great information on chiropractic for you and your practice members can be a mission. We are always happy to recommend chiropractic books and other resources if you are after information. In chiropractic we are extremely fortunate in that our forefathers took the time to lay down some tenants and principles by…
Following on from last week I suggested that you consider the reason that you got into chiropractic in the first place and what your vision is for the part you wish to play in your profession. I suggested that you might like to have a clear statement of this purpose written out. The message that chiropractic brings to the world is very different from the myths that we are engulfed in propagated by our medico-politico-corporate monopolies. The chiropractic vision includes…
It is undeniable that we are engulfed in a rapidly changing world, both local and global. The world is changing and like it or not we are a part of it. As we have reached the half way point of another year it may be useful to reflect on where we are, where we have been and where we wish to be. Are you where you want to be? Is your practice where you want it to be? Is your…
How often do you hear yourself or someone else say something like: “It won’t work” “It can’t be done” “It didn’t work before therefore it wont work this time” “It wont happen in my town” Too often we generalise a little bit of knowledge of a past event out to include everything in the future – not very smart and it is very paralysing to human endeavour. This puts the operative person into the state of victimhood and helplessness and…
This is a series of thoughts addressing the theme of excellence based on a famous quote from Rita Mae Brown, the American novelist and activist. She stated that “You cannot invest your life’s spirit into a compromise” and over the next few weeks I want to visit some of the key components of this viewpoint and how it relates to your practice. As we discussed earlier in this series of blogs holding oneself accountable to one’s values and purposes is…
